Best well drillers in Lake County, Illinois

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 154 drilling companies with wells on record in Lake County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 24,103 logged wells in the Illinois State Geological Survey water well records (records as of 2026-08-20). Every number links back to the public record.

154companies on record

21active since 2022

24,103wells in county record

#	Company	In Lake Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Huemann, Joseph J.	234	517	4,619
2	Snelten, Greg	82	663	1,298
3	Boyce, Kenneth D.	59	1,429	1,482
4	Madsen, Michael A.	58	1,090	1,147
5	Brad Snelten	51	51	147
6	Blake, Wayne D.	47	199	218
7	Michael C. Richards	36	46	59
8	Snelten, Jeffrey	24	956	1,958
9	Schwall, John J.	13	142	245
10	Binz, David Joseph	7	9	980
11	Keller, Larry	3	14	927
12	Municipal Well & Pump, Inc.	3	5	49
13	Fischer, James Monroe	2	35	532
14	Snelten, A & C	2	31	80
15	Snelton, Peter	2	11	68
16	Layne Christensen Co.	2	5	49
17	Huemann, William F.	1	554	4,133
18	Jason Jablonski	1	1	89
19	Matt Liberg	1	1	180
20	Gaffke, George E.	—	3,859	4,817
21	Madsen, Charles E.	—	1,889	2,029
22	Snelten, Richard Charles	—	1,270	2,177
23	Hoover, Lonny R.	—	1,251	1,357
24	Gross, Michael	—	1,064	1,107
25	Hoover Water Well Service	—	813	867
26	Madsen, Charles	—	669	669
27	Efflandt, Robert	—	611	1,673
28	Wertz, Charles L.	—	464	580
29	Blake, William D.	—	451	454
30	Gross, Eugene J.	—	352	352
31	Carlson, William L.	—	346	365
32	Pilgard, Peter	—	332	673
33	Gross, Emil E.	—	304	308
34	Wauchholder Well Drilling	—	298	320
35	Jurs, Martin & Son	—	254	419
36	Henry Boysen Co.,Lichter,John	—	254	268
37	Wayne D. Blake	—	247	247
38	Boysen, Henry Co.	—	242	346
39	Huemann, John J.	—	227	298
40	Snelten, Stephen A.	—	220	698
41	Glenn, James E.	—	204	211
42	Matthesius, Fred H.	—	198	1,282
43	Tascher, Vincent A.	—	139	147
44	Howe, Robert E. Jr.	—	132	729
45	Rosset, Richard D.	—	122	150
46	H2o Well & Pump Co.	—	119	250
47	Glenn, Henry A.	—	95	97
48	Rieke Well Drilling Co.	—	90	179
49	Hoover Water Well Servic	—	84	98
50	Hutchings, Clyde A.	—	82	321
51	Boetsch, William M.	—	81	964
52	Hoover, L. R.	—	80	81
53	Boysen, Henry Co.,Lichter,John	—	71	104
54	Efflandt, Herman John	—	70	183
55	Pilgard, Peter & Sons	—	69	188
56	Glenn, E. H.	—	64	193
57	Knierim, Phil	—	57	5,361
58	Pettis	—	49	49
59	Pilgard, John P.	—	46	606
60	Brackett, B.	—	46	55
61	Smith A J	—	46	47
62	Layne Western Co., Inc.	—	41	1,442
63	Tascher, Vincent	—	40	40
64	Wellendorf, Rodney	—	39	2,313
65	Wertz, C. L.	—	38	39
66	Wirfs, Clements J.	—	36	276
67	Yakimisky, John	—	36	51
68	Madsen, Charles & Sons	—	34	34
69	Gritzner, Edward John	—	33	34
70	Nice, Marvin R.	—	31	1,120
71	Ferguson, F. H.	—	31	31
72	Alco Oil & Gas Corp.	—	30	107
73	Sheets, Michael	—	29	208
74	Jurs Martin&sons Inc.	—	27	89
75	Sisson, Edward	—	25	499
76	Miller, J.p. Artesian Well Co.	—	25	300
77	Snelten, Arthur Charles	—	24	80
78	Dupage Pump	—	22	1,094
79	Szymanski, Mitchell J.	—	20	46
80	Liberg, Patrick A.	—	19	779
81	NO Company	—	18	508
82	Madsen, Wilbur C.	—	17	25
83	Von Oepen, Ernest	—	16	54
84	K & K Well Drilling	—	15	3,028
85	Nice, Mark E.	—	14	1,589
86	Wehling, Richard H.	—	14	312
87	John A. Jablonski	—	14	302
88	Buffington, G.	—	14	130
89	Knierim, Phillip E.	—	13	292
90	Meadow Equipment	—	12	781
91	Schlesser & Sons	—	12	28
92	Liberg, John E.	—	11	346
93	Senffner, Alan James	—	9	1,250
94	Nice, Craig	—	9	448
95	Elfmann, Larry T.	—	9	198
96	Hutchings, James A.	—	9	34
97	Snelton Bros.	—	8	97
98	Szymanski, Mitchell	—	8	43
99	Stinnett, David	—	7	1,658
100	Stinnett, James R.	—	7	309
101	Knierum, Paul	—	7	296
102	Miller, J. P. Art. Well	—	7	291
103	Wertz, Art	—	7	122
104	Schlesser F & Sons	—	7	25
105	Snelten, Cornelius	—	6	42
106	Huemann, John	—	6	34
107	Gray Well Drlg	—	6	33
108	Snelton, Cornelius	—	6	29
109	Wehling Well Works, Inc.	—	5	755
110	Kerry, Charles M.	—	5	535
111	Liberg, Steven Scott	—	5	377
112	Liberg, Paul Evan	—	5	205
113	Kuehn, Kurt	—	5	144
114	Knierim, Max	—	5	114
115	Wertz, Arthur W.	—	5	89
116	Galien, Vander Sam	—	5	61
117	Fordonski, Keith	—	4	1,622
118	Dietzman, Gerald E.	—	4	1,210
119	Miller, J.p. Co.	—	4	136
120	Geiger, S. B.	—	4	113
121	Carson, James R.	—	4	101
122	Shaver, James R. Sr.	—	4	77
123	Neely, Harry C.	—	3	532
124	Jablonski, John A.	—	3	246
125	Stanley, Charles	—	3	213
126	Mattson, Arthur R.	—	3	53
127	Neupert, Thomas A.	—	3	32
128	Neely, Mark S.	—	2	1,091
129	Knierim, James	—	2	897
130	Liberg, Thomas P.	—	2	357
131	Barker, Paul A.	—	2	181
132	Layne & Western Co.	—	2	110
133	Moore, John V.	—	2	106
134	Burgess, Wayne T.	—	2	69
135	Milaeger Well Drilling Co.	—	2	63
136	IL State Geological Survey	—	2	42
137	Albrecht, Harold Dean	—	1	1,132
138	Kelly, Timothy	—	1	70
139	Weirich, William Theodore	—	1	568
140	Noll, Gary E.	—	1	2,513
141	Rob, Ronald Gene	—	1	2,075
142	Olson, Robert C	—	1	1,003
143	Knierim Company, Inc.	—	1	888
144	Wehling, Wendell E.	—	1	583
145	Aneffco Well Drilling	—	1	175
146	Raney, Sherman	—	1	158
147	Wehling, Richard W.	—	1	123
148	Pilgard, Peter & Son	—	1	103
149	Yeoman, Omer	—	1	85
150	Arnt & Son - Dupage	—	1	82
151	Comar Drilling Co., Inc.	—	1	74
152	Burgess, Wayne Jr.	—	1	67
153	Thorne, W. L. Co.	—	1	47
154	Rosenquist, K. W.	—	1	42

Ranked by wells drilled in Lake County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full ISGS record. A ★ marks a featured sponsor — sponsors must appear in the county record to be listed, and the ranking below them is never reordered.

Who drills the most wells in Lake County?

Huemann, Joseph J. has drilled the most Lake County wells in the recent record — 234 since 2016, 517 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Lake County?

154 companies in the ISGS record have drilled wells in Lake County; 21 of them have drilled somewhere in Illinois since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.

How deep is a typical well in Lake County?

The median drilled depth in Lake County is 154 ft, based on 25,854 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Lake County wells page.

Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Lake County wells page.

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